"Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to make the following Declaration."
"My Lords, I declare My Consent to a Contract of Matrimony between My Most Dearly Beloved Grandson Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales and Rachel Meghan Markle, with Consent I am causing to be signified under the Great Seal and to be entered in the Books of the Privy Council."
The letter of consent was noted as "By the Queen herself signed with her own hand".

The Queen has signed by hand an order of consent to the couple's 'contract of marriage' (Getty)

The details were released to the public via the Privy Council meeting minutes (Nine)

The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 only applies to "a person (when the person marries) is one of the 6 persons next in the line of succession to the Crown must obtain the consent of Her Majesty before marrying".

“To be able to meet her through his lens, not just with his honour and respect for her as the monarch but the love that he has for her as his grandmother, all of those layers have been so important for me,” the TV star said.
“When I met her I had such a deep understanding and of course incredible respect for being able to have that time with her. She’s an incredible woman.”